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INVENTOR WQ? .Z'ESe/f BY ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 10, i928.,

NUNrri-iio stares 1,665'5953 PATENT OFFICEi,d

WILLIAM J. FOSTER, OE JERSEY C'CY, NEW JERSEY.

SHADE-CORD HOLDER.

Application :filed June 21,

rlhis invention relates to shade cord holders, an object of theinvention being to provide a device which permits coupling,I engagementof a shade cord with the shade Without the necessity of knotting ortying the cord, and 'which presents a neat and attractive appearance andgreatly facilitates the attachmentof the cord to the shade.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which is inthe nature of a button carrying1 a hook. The latter after it hasreceived the loop of the shade cord drawn into an opening or eyelet andsnaps into place, preventing the liability of the button and hookbreaking; loose.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which can beproduced at an extremely loiv cost, which will be neat and attractive inappearance and which will simplify and facilitate the attachment or`detachment of the cord of a shade.

l/Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists incertain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangementsof parts which vvill be more fully hereinafter described and pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure l is a fragmentary vien7 Ain frontelevation illustratingl my improved device in operative position on ashade;

Figure 2 is a. view in section on the line 2--3 of Figure l, showing,the position of the parts in the act of assemblage;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, showing` the parts completelyassembled;

Figure 4. is a sectional plan view of my improved dcvicc the vieurvbeine; taken on the line 4l--l of .Figure 2 but the shade is omitted.

l represents a shade anc 2 a stick with which a shade is ordinarilyprovided, and the material of the shade is positioned around the stick 2and secured, as clearly indicated in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings. 3represents an eyelct which is projected through the stick and throughthe thicknesses of the shade and upset at its ends so as to provide anopening for the hook shank l of a button 5.

This button 5 may take any desired shape, be of any desired size andornamented in any desired Wa ,but it is of course larger in diameterthan the opening provided by the eyelet.

The hook shank 4c is preferably Wire al- 1927. Serial No. 200,398.

though it may be made of other material, and is bent or curved uponitself so as to provide a pair of curved or rounded shoulders (l and 7,spaced slightly from the free end of the hook, so that when the shaftif. is projected into the eyelet7 the hook or rather the bentorrcurvedend of the hook shank will snap into place. That is to say7 it will beslightly compressed by its movement through the eyelet and then willexpand as it reaches the end of the eyelet, and the curved shoulders 6and 7 above referred to Will engage the end of the eyelet withsuiiicient force to hold the button in place and prevent it from fallingout by gravity.

S represen an ordinary cord. This cord is looped or may have any form ofloop at its ends to receive the hook shank 4. n

ln operation7 the cord is projected through the eyeletand then the hookof the shank is engaged with the loop and drawn into the eyelet to takea holding position. When the hook is in the eyelet the cord cannot bepulled off of theA end of the hook as the hook is efectually closed byits position in the eyelet, and While I have exaggerated to some extentthe position of the hook in Figure 3 it is of course to be understoodthat the parts will be properly proportioned so as to make a neat andattractive appearance Without projecting the hook beyond the shade anymore than is absolutely necessary.

Vlhile l have illustrated what ll believe to be a preferred embodimentof my invention, it is obvious that various changes and alterationsmight be made in the general form of the parts described Withoutdeparting from. my invention and hence I do not limit myself to theprecise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make suchchanges and alterations as fairly fall Within the spirit and scope ofthe appended claims.

I claim: v

1. A shade cord holder, comprising' a cord-carrying hook adapted to bepositioned in an opening in a shade and its stick and said hook When intheopening preventing,` the cord from being disengaged therefrom. applhaving an enlargement at its end to limit the movement of the hook inone direction in said opening.

2. ln a shade having a stick therein., vthe stick and shade having aneyeleted opening, a cord-carrying` hook having an enlargement at itsend, said hook being` resilient Se Y liti

and adapted lo be positioned in the sai-id opening with the enlargementoverlying Jche opening' at one side of the shade, said hook when in theeyeleted openingY prevening the CorelL from being oisengjagje'eltherefrom.

8. ln L Shade having :i Stick lherein, l'he shade and stick having' anopening zin-:il :in eyelet .in the opening. :i button having' a shankernnnatinqin a Syn-ing' hook, said hook being allai-lod zo be positionedin the eyelet with the button overlyingv one end Ol the eyele', midlhook adapted lio be Coinpresseel by its movement hrongh the eyelet andio expand or .Lninp info holdingl position with the other end of thee'yele'l.

4l. A shade Cord holder comprising a button hfiving n. Shank foi-.inedwith n spring hook :it its enel, said hook having( roiinded shoulders,whereby when the hook is positioned in an eyeletel opening' of a Shade,the 'l Shoulders of the hook will engage one enel f of the said openingand the button will overlie 1die other end of the opening.

5. A Shade Cord holder, comprising u bnton having :L Shank provided atits end Willi i corel-e rrying member adapted to be positioned in aneyeletefl opening; of a shade, incl when so Tpositioned the Shank to behohl in the opening by the eolcl-ozn'rying nieniber engugngono end ofthe opening and l'he bulten engaging the other end of saicl opening.

6. In n fihznle oord holder, the combination? w'h u slisnle and ile;stia-li, :vnl :in eyelet loomed in an openingv in snifl shade and sindStiel@ oll biillon having` n Shank terminatingr in a hook, the shank:incl hoolibeng positioned .in the eyelet with the enil of the hookengaging one endL of the eyelet and the button overlying; che other enClof Said eyelet.

WLLIAM J. FOSTER.

